Jun 22, 2014 Switch from IDE to AHCI after installing Windows 7 or Windows 8 Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is a technical standard defined by Intel that specifies the operation of Serial ATA (SATA) disk controllers. Installs the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (AHCI) driver version 12.9.0.1001 for Intel® NUC. Which file to choose Download the driver (STORWin788.112.9.0.1001.exe) and one of the following F6 Driver Diskettes (depending on your operating system): STORWin788.112.9.0.1001f6flpy-x86.zip - for 32-bit versions of the operating system.
So, there has been this discussion when it comes which driver controller to choose or to pick for Windows 10, all I would say is that you go for Standard Sata Ahci Controller driver that is specially made for Windows version, and of course you can also use it for other forms of Windows version as well, such as 10, 8, 8.1, 7 and other such.
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AHCI (Advanced Host controller) makes NCQ (Native Command Queing) along with hot-plugging or hot swapping through SATA Serial-ATA host controllers possible; Vista was the first to offer this feature. The issue with AHCI is it needs to be enabled in the BIOS prior to OS installation; doing so after you have installed the OS will disable the PC. The reason why Windows disables the AHCI drivers not needed during installation.
I would suggest you to enable AHCI after you have installed the OS if you didn't already have AHCI enable in the BIOS when you installed the OS.
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How to back up and restore the registry in Windows
1. In the Windows start menu search box type regedit, right click the entry, click Run as Administrator, enter your user credentials for the UAC prompt, and then click yes to open regedit.
2. In regedit navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetservices.
3. In the left pane, click on msahci, in the right pane double click on Start to modify it.
4. In the window that opens change the value to 0 (zero), and click OK.
5. In the left pane, click on iaStorV (if there), in the right pane double click on Start to modify it. Repeat step 4, and go to step 6 below.
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6. Close Registry Editor.
7. Now you'll need to restart the PC and go into the BIOS and enable AHCI. When Windows boots up, it will finish installing the AHCI drivers.
8. You will need one final restart to finish the process after the drivers are installed.
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